Shares in recruiter Matchtech (MTEC) have done pretty well since the June referendum, but that doesn't mean that the sector is out of the woods. The recruitment industry has been suffering for most of the year as fears gather pace over a rumoured recession in the UK in 2017.
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Matchtech has done well to offset any losses through acquisition, which helped boost year-end net fee income (NFI) by 34 per cent overall. On a like-for-like basis, however, NFI only nudged up 1 per cent as strong growth across infrastructure and engineering technology was dented by poor demand across the oil and gas and maritime sectors.
Pledging his support is chief executive Brian Wilkinson, who added close to 48,000 new shares to his portfolio, shelling out just over £170,000 in the process.
| Buys | |||||||
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| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Atlantis Japan Growth Fund | Philip Ehrmann | 10 Aug 16 | 20,000 | 150 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 0.050 |
| Aviva | Michael Mire | 04 Aug 16 | 7,500 | 405.08 | 30,381 | 15,000 | 0.000 |
| Aviva | Adrian Montague (ch) | 04 Aug 16 | 7,000 | 406.85 | 28,480 | 33,082 | 0.001 |
| Devro | Gerard Hoetmer (ch) | 05 Aug 16 | 5,000 | 247 | 12,350 | 65,000 | 0.039 |
| Devro | Gerard Hoetmer (ch) | 05 Aug 16 | 5,000 | 248 | 12,400 | 70,000 | 0.042 |
| Devro | Gerard Hoetmer (ch) | 05 Aug 16 | 5,000 | 250 | 12,500 | 75,000 | 0.045 |
| Dialight | Martin Rapp | 04 Aug 16 | 4,976 | 585 | 29,110 | 13,500 | 0.042 |
| Dialight | Martin Rapp | 04 Aug 16 | 7,024 | 586.8 | 41,217 | 8,524 | 0.026 |
| Dunelm | Keith Down (cfo) | 05 Aug 16 | 5,629 | 865 | 48,691 | 14,140 | 0.007 |
| Elegant Hotels♥ | David Adams | 08 Aug 16 | 6,000 | 63.5 | 3,810 | 16,000 | 0.018 |
| Elegant Hotels | Richard Jones (cfo) | 05 Aug 16 | 40,000 | 63 | 25,200 | 40,000 | 0.045 |
| French Connection | Christos Angelides | 08 Aug 16 | 20,000 | 40 | 8,000 | 120,000 | 0.125 |
| Hutchison China Meditech♥ | Christopher Nash | 04 Aug 16 | 3,120 | 1900 | 59,280 | 39,554 | 0.065 |
| Invesco Income Growth Trust | Mark Dampier | 05 Aug 16 | 8,752 | 284.125 | 24,867 | 24,820 | 0.042 |
| Jersey Electricity | Martin Magee (fd) | 05 Aug 16 | 1,516 | 420 | 6,367 | 10,600 | 0.091 |
| Ladbrokes | John Kelly (ch) | 10 Aug 16 | 19,400 | 152.8 | 29,643 | 77,441 | 0.008 |
| Laird | Kjersti Wiklund | 04 Aug 16 | 400 | 316.5 | 1,266 | 10,400 | 0.004 |
| Laird | Kjersti Wiklund | 05 Aug 16 | 2,600 | 323.9 | 8,421 | 13,000 | 0.005 |
| MS International | Michael Bell (ch) | 08 Aug 16 | 20,000 | 150 | 30,000 | 4,905,173 | 29.720 |
| Matchtech | Brian Wilkinson (ceo) | 10 Aug 16 | 47,722 | 357 | 170,368 | 92,722 | 0.299 |
| Premier Foods | Gavin Darby (ceo) | 05 Aug 16 | 662,058 | 51.3634 | 340,055 | 4,815,584 | 0.582 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | Ian Davis (ch) | 08 Aug 16 | 259 | 763.5 | 1,977 | 40,970 | 0.002 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | Ruth Cairnie | 08 Aug 16 | 254 | 763.5 | 1,939 | 9,984 | 0.001 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | Frank Chapman | 08 Aug 16 | 518 | 763.5 | 3,955 | 19,931 | 0.001 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland (The)♥ | Sheila Noakes | 08 Aug 16 | 20,000 | 180.3 | 36,060 | 41,000 | 0.000 |
| SRT Marine Systems | Andrew Lapping | 09 Aug 16 | 20,000 | 48.4 | 9,680 | 1,238,080 | 0.970 |
| Sainsbury (J) | Matthew Brittin | 05 Aug 16 | 13,090 | 228 | 29,845 | 14,090 | 0.001 |
| Schroder Oriental Income Fund | Peter Rigg | 09 Aug 16 | 11,000 | 227.3512 | 25,009 | 23,142 | 0.010 |
| Sound Energy♥ | Stephen Whyte (ch) | 08 Aug 16 | 24,171 | 62 | 14,986 | 165,957 | 0.031 |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering♥ | James Pike | 10 Aug 16 | 1,133 | 4413 | 49,999 | 2,820 | 0.004 |
| Tertiary Minerals* | Donald McAlister | 09 Aug 16 | 98,937 | 1.375 | 1,360 | 453,894 | 0.170 |
| U and I | Richard Upton | 10 Aug 16 | 46,012 | 161.5 | 74,309 | 2,990,574 | 2.390 |
| United Utilities | Alison Goligher | 04 Aug 16 | 3,000 | 995.4497 | 29,863 | 3,000 | 0.000 |
| Verona Pharma | Jan-Anders Karlsson (ceo) | 09 Aug 16 | 600,000 | 3.249 | 19,494 | 3,470,000 | 0.135 |
| Vitec | Caroline Thomson | 09 Aug 16 | 8,407 | 590 | 49,601 | 8,407 | 0.019 |
| Vitec | Christopher Humphrey | 04 Aug 16 | 5,000 | 570 | 28,500 | 10,000 | 0.022 |
| Vitec | Mark Rollins | 09 Aug 16 | 5,100 | 590 | 30,090 | 10,000 | 0.022 |
| Zegona Communications | Murray Scott | 05 Aug 16 | 20,000 | 110.5 | 22,100 | 20,000 | 0.010 |
| Zegona Communications | Eamonn O'Hare (ch & ceo) | 05 Aug 16 | 185,001 | 109 | 201,651 | 1,960,000 | 1.000 |
| Zegona Communications | Robert Samuelson | 05 Aug 16 | 9,000 | 110.44 | 9,940 | 789,002 | 0.402 |
| Sells | |||||||
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| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Law Debenture Corp (The) | Caroline Banszky | 04 Aug 16 | 10,000 | 488 | 48,800 | 264,420 | 0.223 |
| Law Debenture Corp (The) | Caroline Banszky | 08 Aug 16 | 10,000 | 489.17 | 48,917 | 194,420 | 0.164 |
| Law Debenture Corp (The) | Caroline Banszky | 08 Aug 16 | 20,000 | 490.46 | 98,092 | 244,420 | 0.207 |
| Law Debenture Corp (The) | Caroline Banszky | 08 Aug 16 | 40,000 | 490.16 | 196,064 | 204,420 | 0.173 |
| MS International | David Pyle | 08 Aug 16 | 20,000 | 150 | 30,000 | 1,770,359 | 10.726 |
| *Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party | |||||||
